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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1908.

Patented Oct. 13,1908.

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UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

FRANK JAMES DIGNEY AND NELLIE LENNON DIGNEY, or BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK JAMES DIG.- NEY and NELLIE LENNON DIGNEY,both citizens of the UnitedStates, residing at Bridgeport, in the countyof Fairfield and State of tions below the waist line, so that the corsetmay not only fit the person of the wearer but will exert the properpressure against the abdomen and hips so as to reduce undue prominencethereof.

Vith these ends in View our invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described andthen particularly ointed out in the claims which conclude t isdescription.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of a corset spreadout and equipped with our improvement, and Fig. 2

a front View of a corset with our improved attachment as it appears whenon the person of the wearer.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in both figures of thedrawing.

Very long corsets have, at the present time, come into fashion, and itis very dcsirable that the lower ortion of the corset below the waistline sha l fit the person of the wearer, since otherwise, the corsetstays are apt to prod the flesh and cause annoyance and possible injury.A long corset may be made to order to lit the person of the wearer, butready made corsets of this description do not fit below the waist linesince they are sold by sizes which refer only to the waist line and haveno reference whatever to the hips or the abdomen.

Our improvement enables a corset to be fitted closely to the person ofthe wearer below'the waist line, and as the figure of the wearer changesby the decrease or increase of the prominence of the abdomen or thehips, the pressure of the corset may be increased or decreased as theoccasion may demand.

1, 2, are the corset sections to the outside of which below the waistline vertically disposed tapes 3 are secured by fastening the upper andlower extremities of said tapes firmly to the corset and tacking theintermediate portions of the tapes at regular intervals to the corseteither by stitching, eyeletting or otherwise, so that a series of loops4 will be formed that are in substantially parallelism. The openingsformed by these loops are substantially in a horizontal plane when thecorset is on the person of the wearer and separate strips 5 of elasticwebbing are run through each series of loops, these strips beingpreferably secured at one end to either the front or rear edges of thecorset sections, the other ends of said strips being adjustably securedto the other edges of said sections in anywell known manner, in thepresent instance, these ends of the strips beingpassed through rings 6fastened to the corset and then secured to any suitable adjustingbuckles 7 that are arranged to slide along the webbing in the usualmanner. These elastic strips 5 being horizontally disposed one above theother at intervals from below the Waist line to the lower edges of thecorset cover set below the waist line, and each of these strips 5 may beindependently tightened or relaxed according to the pressure required,and the corset may thus be made to conform closely to the person of thewearer. We prefer to make these strips elastic, since a yieldingpressure is thereby given greatly contributingto the comfort of thewearer, but of course these strips may be made nonelastic, and we do'notwish to belimited in this respect. Also, by the use of our improvedattachment the great difficulty heretofore experienced in the fitting oflong corsets is overcome, and the webbing strips may be so adjusted thatthere can be no possible danger of any uncomfortable prodding of theflesh by the stiffening elements of the corset.

As a corset equipped with our improvement is worn from day to day, itwill necessarily adapt itself to the peculiar contour of the body of thewearer, and as circumstances dictate the wearer can adjust the variousstrips until the fitting of the corset below the waist line becomesperfect. As a means for reducing undue prominence of the abdomen, ourimprovement, in connection with along corset, is a success, and thisreduction may be accomplished without discomfort to the wearer.

In the accompanying drawing the series of loops through Which theelastic webbings are disposed are shown on the outside of the cor setbut of course these loops may be disposed on the inside of the corset,if desired, without any material difference in the arrangement of theparts of my improvement.

The strips may be made adjustable at both the front and back edges ofthe corset sections by a mere duplication of the adjustment featurealready described but we-prefer a single adjustment since it issuflicient in our estimation for all practical purposes. While we verymuch prefer that these strips should be made adjustable, still it isperfectly obvious that said strips may be secured at a predeterminedtension to the front and rear edges of the corset sections without anyadjustment whatsoever, which construction would accomplish substantiallythe same results as that in which the adjustable feature -was utilized,except that it would not be so advantageous in the matter of makingallowance for increase or decrease of size of the wearers person. Theadjusting feature therefore being adjunctive rather than necessary we donot wish to be limited in this respect.

Having thus described. our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A corset attachment comprising a seriesof horizontally disposed parallel loops scoured to the corset below thewaist line, and. strips of webbing extending loosely through said seriesof loops and having their extremities secured to the front and rearedges of the corset sections.

2. A corset attachment comprising a series of loops secured to thecorset sections below the waist line and extending in parallel seriesone above the other from the front to the rear edges of said sections,and separate elastic webbings passed through each of said.

cured at the front and rear edges of said sections and capable ofadjustment whereby an increased or decreased tension may be obtained.

tures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK JAMES DIGNEY. NELLIE LENNON DIGN EY. Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, J r.,

M. T. LONGDEN.

series, the ends of said webbings being sei In testimony whereof weallix our signar

